Details of the cold-blooded murder of the two Fathers, who were shot to death in Nanking, have come to Shanghai from eye-witnesses.. They had no chance for their lives an were entirely unaware of the trouble when shot dead, The first, the Italian Father, had completed his breakfast, after having said early morning ' mass. His servant, brought him the new, hile still at the table, that the Southerners had arrived.
Calmly dna collectedly the worthy priest walked to. the door. is [assassins stood in the yard, demon: strative and full of hate toward the Church and religion. They made no! reference' to the cause, aske! money and appeared to hav only for their intended vie they did not kno When he appears the doorway the Communists, in uniform, open fire, and he fell st their feet.
The noise of the shooting aroused ix comrad> the French Father, who came to help his unfortunate brother. Ax as he came in sight, the soldiers fired another "OE¥ without questions or demands, He fell mortally wounded, any died at 6 o'clock that night, just aleut body' of refugee Two other Fathers in the house! managed to make good their escape and hid in the fields to be rescued much later by a landing party from the French warship Alerte, iting the past two days for Chin-
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